/// <summary>This is a driver for the example programs.</summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This is a driver for the example programs.
/// It looks at the first command line argument and tries to find an
/// example program with that name.
/// If it is found, it calls the main method in that class with the rest
/// of the command line arguments.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="args">The argument from the user. args[0] is the command to run.</param>
/// <returns>-1 on error, 0 on success</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.MissingMethodException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.Security.SecurityException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.MemberAccessException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.Exception">Anything thrown by the example program's main</exception>
public virtual int Run(string[] args)
{
// Make sure they gave us a program name.
if (args.Length == 0)
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("An example program must be given as the" + " first argument."
);
PrintUsage(programs);
return(-1);
}
// And that it is good.
ProgramDriver.ProgramDescription pgm = programs[args[0]];
if (pgm == null)
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Unknown program '" + args[0] + "' chosen.");
PrintUsage(programs);
return(-1);
}
// Remove the leading argument and call main
string[] new_args = new string[args.Length - 1];
for (int i = 1; i < args.Length; ++i)
{
new_args[i - 1] = args[i];
}
pgm.Invoke(new_args);
return(0);
}
/// <summary>This is the method that adds the classed to the repository</summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the string you want the class instance to be called with
/// </param>
/// <param name="mainClass">The class that you want to add to the repository</param>
/// <param name="description">The description of the class</param>
/// <exception cref="System.MissingMethodException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.Security.SecurityException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.Exception"/>
public virtual void AddClass(string name, Type mainClass, string description)
{
programs[name] = new ProgramDriver.ProgramDescription(mainClass, description);
}